Elmedia PlayerBest media player for macOS

A full-package media player for Mac with advanced streaming capabilities. Elmedia Player supports virtually any video & audio file and can stream via AirPlay and Chromecast and to DLNA-enabled devices. A perfect player for the latest MacOS Catalina. No external codecs needed.

More than 2 million users worldwide!
Over 12 years of development.

New and revamped look

Best Mac media player for any format

Our free media player for macOS supports a wide range of common and not so common audio & video formats, including FLV, SWF, WMV, AVI, MOV, MP4, MP3, DAT, FLAC, M4V, MPG, MKV and Blu-ray unencrypted discs. It can play virtually any media file. Elmedia Player provides a perfect HD experience thanks to hardware accelerated decoding, using the processor to help avoid common problems like video slowdowns and unsynchronized sound.

Make your own playlists

Want to binge watch or listen to all your favorite tracks without having to open every file? Easy! Just throw all the files into Elmedia Player to build your own unique playlist and enjoy it non-stop.

Full control over playback

Adjust the playback speed on the go, set subtitles or audio delay to fix any out-of-sync issues, navigate through videos frame-by-frame, resume playback from where you left off, bookmark your favorite video moments.

Media player Mac streaming

Stream your local files to Chromecast, AirPlay and DLNA-enabled devices

With our media player installed on your Mac you can stream local files to Chromecast, Apple TV, any Smart TV and other AirPlay and DLNA-enabled devices. Elmedia Player can also act as an audio AirPlay receiver, which comes in handy when you need to stream audio from your phone to a Mac connected to a sound system.

Apple TV
and other AirPlay devices

Stream content from Elmedia Player to AirPlay devices including Apple TV natively, and Mac computers which have Elmedia Player installed.

Smart TV
and other DLNA devices

With our DLNA media player for Mac you can easily cast various types of media wirelessly from your Mac to any DLNA-enabled devices like Smart TV in your home network.

Media player for Mac
and Chromecast

Cast local and online files to your TV with Chromecast and Chromecast Ultra directly from your computer.

Every format is supported

Stream audio and video in their native formats or transcoded in real time. AVI, FLV, MKV, 3GP are just some of the many formats that are supported.

Stream online videos without ads

For a completely ad-free experience, use the Open Online Video option to stream content from YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo.

Ultra HD Videos

Stream with subtitles

If a video you are casting has subtitles, they can be streamed as well. Elmedia supports embedded as well as external subtitles.

Stream playlists

Create your own unique and personalised playlists for an uninterrupted, ad-free watching on your larger screen!

Control streaming in the player

While streaming from Elmedia you can play, pause, scrub through the video and adjust the volume directly in the app.

Manage subtitles

Media player for Mac with advanced subtitles support

Elmedia Player allows you to customize the look of subtitles in various ways and will let you either load them automatically or manually (.srt, .ass, .smil and more are supported). In case subtitles are not in perfect sync with original video, you can increase or decrease their delay until they run smoothly along with the video plot.

AC-3/DTS through S/PDIF

Audio equalizer

A 10-band equalizer with lots of presets lets you create the perfect sound for the best experience possible.

Open Online video

Watch online videos without ads

Open Online Video allows you to access YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion videos directly from the app. This way you get to watch favorite videos without ads, which you would otherwise have to watch through or wait to skip. We love this! - Combined with the option to create unique playlists, its ideal for those binge watching marathons or creating that perfect playlist for the party!

Download online videos

Saving videos to your hard drive with Elmedia is easy: switch to the browser mode, find the video you’d like to save and hitDownload – make sure to choose the right download format. Subtitles, if present in YouTube videos will be downloaded together with the video. You can save a complete playlist off YouTube and when downloading SWF files, you can save external resources too.

Extract audio from YouTube videos

Need just the audio from a Youtube Video? Elmedia Player has you covered!Instead of downloading an entire video, save your time and disk space by extracting audio in MP3, M4A or other supported format.

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